Family- Sapindaceae; Hippocastanaceae.
Habitat- The Himalayas from Kashmir to western Nepal, Kulu and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh,Tehri-Garhwal and Kumaon in Uttar Pradesh at 900–3,600 m.
English- Indian Horse Chestnut,Himalayan Chestnut.
Folk- Bankhor.
Action- Antirheumatic, galactogenic,antileucorrhocic.The leaves contain aescin, quercetinand beta-sitosterol. Stems also contain rutin, astragalin, aesculin. Seeds contain aescin, aesculusideAand B, also aliphatic esters. Seeds possess antiinflammatory activity.The extract of seeds is considered to be active against P-388 lymphocytic leukaemia and human epidermoid carcinoma of nasopharynx.
Habitat- The Himalayas from Kashmir to western Nepal, Kulu and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh,Tehri-Garhwal and Kumaon in Uttar Pradesh at 900–3,600 m.
English- Indian Horse Chestnut,Himalayan Chestnut.
Folk- Bankhor.
Action- Antirheumatic, galactogenic,antileucorrhocic.The leaves contain aescin, quercetinand beta-sitosterol. Stems also contain rutin, astragalin, aesculin. Seeds contain aescin, aesculusideAand B, also aliphatic esters. Seeds possess antiinflammatory activity.The extract of seeds is considered to be active against P-388 lymphocytic leukaemia and human epidermoid carcinoma of nasopharynx.
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